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Mother Goose: If Wishes Were Horses and Other Rhymes (Signed)New York: Dutton (1979) First Edition Jeffers, Susan Oblong 8vo. Pictorial boards. [32]pp with beautiful color illustrations by Susan Jeffers to accompany nursery rhymes, all of which feature horses. Signed to the title page by Susan Jeffers. Slight browning along fore edge else Very Good in slightly darkened dustjacket.
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60.00 USD

Bontemps, ArnaLonesome Boy (signed)Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955 First Edition Topolski, Feliks 8vo Dark blue cloth. 28pp with expressive black & white illustrations by Feliks Topolski. Even out in a cornfield, Bubber loves to blow his trumpet loud and fast and high. But his grandpa tells him that blowing a horn and not paying attention to where you are can land a person in some funny places. Inscribed and signed by the author to poet Jean Burden "who would understand my lonesome boy." Upper endpapers slightly darkened from a newspaper clipping else Very Good. Dustjacket chipped with closed tears, spine darkened, stains to upper panel.
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175.00 USD

Bornstein, Ruth LercherThat's How It Is When We Draw (Signed)New York Clarion (1997) First Edition Oblong octavo. Glazed pictorial boards. 32pp with the author's color illustrations. A wonderful book about a budding young artist. Inscribed and signed to ffep by Bornstein and with her drawing of a smiling person waving from within a flower and a heart. Large gift inscription to upper paste-down else Near Fine in dustjacket.
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25.00 USD

Brothers Grimm / retold by Alison SageRumpelstiltskin (SIGNED)New York: Dial (1991) Stated First Edition Spirin, Gennady 4to Pictorial boards. 29pp with exquisitely detailed color illustrations by Gennady Spirin. A favorite tale by the Brothers Grimm enhanced by the magical art of an award-winning Russian illustrator. Beautifully signed and dated in the year of publication by Gennady Spirin, with an additional notation (?) to the title page in his hand. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket.
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125.00 USD

Bunting, EveThe Waiting Game (signed)New York Lippincott (1981) First Edition 8vo Cloth-backed red boards. 56pp. A high school story of football and friendship. Inscribed and signed by the award-winning author to the ffep. Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket, lightly frayed, tiny chip to spine heel, price clipped.
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15.00 USD

Cameron, EleanorA Spell is Cast (signed)Boston: Little, Brown (1964) Stated First Edition Krush, Beth and Joe 8vo Turquoise blue decorated cloth. 271pp with occasional illustrations from line drawings by Beth and Joe Krush. A mystery set on California's Pacific coast. This is a presentation copy from Eleanor Cameron to poet Jean Burden dated September, 1964: "...my great gratitude for all you did for the first draft of this book!" A Commonwealth Club of California Book Award winner. Fine in dustjacket (hint of wear at spine tips).
Price:
150.00 USD

Cameron, EleanorThe Mysterious Christmas Shell (signed)Boston: Little, Brown (1961) First Edition Krush, Beth and Joe 8vo Decorated tan cloth. 184pp with black & white illustrations from ink and wash drawings by Beth and Joe Krush. Tom and Jennifer return to Redwood Cove for Christmas holidays, only to find that Sea Meadows, where they'd met the Churnadryne, is to be leveled for a shopping center. A presentation copy to poet Jean Burden, warmly inscribed and signed by Eleanor Cameron, dated January 1962. Laid in is a clipped review of the book. Small piece torn from the lower margin of one leaf else Very Good+ Dustjacket with a little wear and chipping at spine ends and a corner tip.
Price:
150.00 USD

Cameron, Patsy and Kathleen NaugleBig City Elephants (signed)Toluca Lake: Cozy Time Tales (1992) Arce, Alvaro Folio. Glazed pictorial boards. [32]pp with bright color illustrations by Chilean artist Alvaro Arce. When Big Mo and her son Little Mo are separated from each other at the zoo, they run away to the big city so they can stay together. Signed to the title page by author Patsy Cameron. Very Good.
Price:
15.00 USD

Capote, TrumanI Remember Grandpa (signed)(Atlanta): Peachtree (1987) First Edition Moser, Barry Quarto. Boards. 37pp with full-page watercolor illustrations by Barry Moser. Published here for the first time, Capote wrote this story in 1946 as a gift for his aunt. Spine somewhat cocked else Very Good+ Jacket spine sunned, small indentation and closed tear with light crease to upper panel. Signed and inscribed to the title page by Barry Moser.
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30.00 USD

Carle, EricThe Very Hungry Caterpillar (SIGNED)(New York): Philomel (2010) First Edition Thus 12"x8-1/2" Pictorial boards. [26]pp with brilliantly colored illustrations by Eric Carle. This edition published for Kohls. Includes a printed colorful drawing of the hungry caterpilar and a printed handwritten note from the author explaining how he came to create this modern classic, now over 40 years old. This copy SIGNED by Eric Carle to the dedication page. Fine in dustjacket.
Price:
250.00 USD

Caughey, LaReeThe Wilderness is a Book: A Story of Young 49'ers on the Trail (SIGNED)The Ward Ritchie Press, 1966 First Edition Perceval, Don 4to Decorated orange boards. 100pp illustrated with black, white and orange lithos by Don Perceval. The Plumacre family sets off from St. Louis, Missouri to California. Inscribed and signed by the author. Minor rubbing to corners and spine tips else Very Good+ No dustjacket.
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15.00 USD

Cleary, BeverlyHenry and the Clubhouse (SIGNED)New York: Morrow, 1962 First Edition Darling, Louis 8vo Decorated yellow cloth. 192pp with great black & white illustrations by Louis Darling, some full page. Another episode in the exciting life of Henry Huggins, Ribsy and their friends. Signed by Beverly Cleary to the half-title, this is a special association copy as it belonged to a local author of children's books and then to her daughter. The child crossed out her mother's name on the ffep and printed her own name in large letters with purple marker. Cloth well worn at spine ends and corners, a little wear and rubbing to edges. Some spotting to margins, short tear to one margin. Fair to Good. No dustjacket.
Price:
100.00 USD

Cushman, KarenThe Ballad of Lucy Whipple (SIGNED)New York: Clarion Books (1996) First Edition 8vo Cloth. 195pp. Lucy's funny, poignant story is set against the backdrop of a rough-and-tumble California mining settlement in the mid-1800's. Signed and inscribed to the half-title by this Newbery Award-winning author, "All the best, Karen Cushman." Fine in price-clipped dustjacket.
Price:
25.00 USD